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From: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org,
	John Jacques <john.jacques@lsi.com>,
	linuxppc-dev list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>,
	Torez Smith <torez@us.ibm.com>,
	Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: ARM clock API to PowerPC
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:40:35 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A90486C-8BF5-428C-9FD8-830D822C0D40@kernel.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090812111954.GB31596@zod.rchland.ibm.com>


On Aug 12, 2009, at 6:19 AM, Josh Boyer wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 05:57:05PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt  
> wrote:
>> Hi folks !
>>
>> (Russell, let us know if you want to dropped from the CC list, but I
>> felt you may have some useful input to provide here).
>>
>> So I think it would be valuable to provide the ARM clock API  
>> exposed by
>> include/linux/clk.h on various PowerPC embedded hardware.
>
> I'm probably being particularly dense, and I haven't had my coffee  
> yet this
> morning, but you never actually said _why_ you think this is valuable?
>
> I'm a bit confused as to what problem you are trying to solve with  
> the API.

I'm in the same boat as you Josh.  I think there is value and utility  
here but not sure what problem Ben's trying to solve.

- k

  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-12 13:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-12  7:57 ARM clock API to PowerPC Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-12  8:29 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-12 17:31   ` Mitch Bradley
2009-08-12 21:30     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-12 11:19 ` Josh Boyer
2009-08-12 13:40   ` Kumar Gala [this message]
2009-08-12 21:29     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-13  8:59       ` Li Yang-R58472
2009-08-14  9:29         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-14 11:29           ` Guennadi Liakhovetski
2009-08-14 12:07             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-15 12:43               ` Russell King
2009-08-15 22:18                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-16  5:09                   ` Grant Likely
2009-08-12 12:35 ` Mark Brown
2009-08-12 21:34   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-12 21:44     ` Mark Brown
2009-08-12 21:56       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-12 22:20         ` Mark Brown
2009-08-12 22:32           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-12 23:00             ` Mark Brown
2009-08-12 23:15               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-12 22:28         ` Russell King
2009-08-12 22:45           ` Mark Brown
2009-08-12 22:52           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-12 23:40             ` Russell King
2009-08-12 23:47               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-08-13  3:45               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt

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